Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free local gaming profits nearly double in Manitoba government sponsored gambling puts million in provincial coffers by Kim Gutter son cigarette burning Down As she continually plugs loonies into a machine that gives her nothing in 1 like to play because theres Noth ing better to the 73yearold said of her twice a week Hobby which Sumes about of her minimal in not Lucky in a Way 1 Hope they take the Damn things then 1 be Rose is one of thousands of Manito bans who directly contribute their Money to the provinces Bottom line through government sponsored second Only to the million profit Manitoba reaps from gamblers accounts for per cent of its total from per cent in according to statistics outside Mcphillips Street station Early yesterday the expansion of the existing Casino was ongoing at the South Side of the build while a steady Stream of people poured in from the packed parking continuous loops shuttles made continuous loops from the gaming Palace to far Flung parking spaces to save their clients the hassle of walking in the blowing three tour buses were lined up out a fraction of the 700 Tours Manitoba lotteries will bring through their casinos this Cory 23j says he started playing not too Long ago when a 25 cent investment in a video poker game could yield i slapped in a Quarter and he 1 got a Royal me says while he took that Windfall straight he now plays the machines once or twice a spending about each breakeven 1 usually break he adding he wins enough to keep play a study by the Western Canada foundation said Manitoban average a year of making us the third largest spenders in the but a unscientific Survey found people going in the Middle of the Day Are spending that much in a and they All say its for entertain Rose says the volts and Bingo Are the two ways she amuses trying to limit the disposable income she spends on it to a couple of Hun dred a with i even be Here she i thought i could win Many people headed towards the Mcphillips Street or sitting at vat machines in didst want to talk about How much they or How often they b it with the Revenue percentages Sta scan has the province can Only Hope most share the minds of one woman racing into the head bowed against the blowing i love she said with a Ken me press says he started playing hot too Long s a of it 5 itself of video lottery remove its Tome Sis not for ernov6us veils which ibo in a plebiscite curing municipal maw th6 elections at the end of 78 Dot Tacl vote i per cent town voted against the Kike but the owner of the sole business said he will respect volts is vowing Anonymous Christmas Angel leaves Large donation Las to kindness of strangers never leases to amaze Lois the comptroller at local radio station Job said she was astounded when she went to mail a letter outside the stations Portage Avenue studio on tues Day of Ter not and saw an elderly woman leave a plastic bag hanging on the outside door Han she looked inside the bag and found a tattered Christmas card Box scrawled with the message for the Christmas cheer enclosed was in Small denomination Hein said the gift was the largest single Cash donation the station has received in its Annu Al drive for the Christmas cheer she said the station is grateful for the donation and has since dubbed the 70something lady with White hair who dropped it off the stations Anonymous Christmas 1 guess some people believe that True Charity is Anonymous and Shes one of these she the donation is the second generous gift to Charity Given by an Anonymous donor in less than a on Canada Post dropped off a letter addressed to the free press spirit of Christmas Campaign that had gotten mangled in the sorting accompanying a note that said i am sending this donation from the Bottom of my heart to the poor so that they will have a Nice Christmas was in Large Bills dating Back to the donor had signed off As sport Mart is extremely proud to be 100 Canadian 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